LibriVox recording of The Lusiads, by Luís Vaz de Camões, translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton. Read by Leni.

The Lusiads (Os Lusíadas) is a Portuguese epic poem, written in the 16th century by Luis Vaz de Camões. The poem tells the tale of the Portuguese discoveries in the 15th and 16th centuries, specially the voyage to India by Vasco da Gama. Modelled after the classic epic tradition, Camões' Lusiads are considered not only the first literary text in Modern Portuguese, but also a national epic of the same level as Vergil's Aeneid. In the 19th century, Sir Richard Francis Burton translated Camões' Lusiads, in what he considered "the most pleasing literary labour of his life". (Summary by Leni)

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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio

Artist/Composer: Luis Vaz de Camões
Date: 2010-02-10
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: LibriVox; audio book; Portuguese literature; epic poetry; Camoens; Lusiads.

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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